Improvement in running-gears



A. B. WROTH.

RUNNING-GEAR.

I No. 174,610. Patented March 7,1876.

Inrenfar:

I 'maw 1% UNITED STATES ALFRED B. WROTE, OFWINTERSET, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OFTWO-THIRDS HIS PATENT OFFICE.

RIGHT TO E. O. MERGER AND F. G. NOHLGREN, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN RUNNING-GEARS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,6 [0, dated March7, 1876; application filed February 5, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALFRED B. WROTH, of Winterset, in the county ofMadison and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Wagon-Reaches; and I hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, makingpartof this specification, in which thefigure is a perspective view, showing the reach applied.

ot' a wagon, B the bolster, 0 O the hounds,

D the stationary portion of the reach, and E the sliding-portion. On theforward end of the portion D is secured the collar 6, bracing the houndssecurely to the reach, and with an open space through which moves thesliding portion E. To the rear end of the portion E is secured thecollar 0, fitting over and em bracing the stationary part D, as shown inthe drawing. It is evident from this description that my improved reachhas an easy adjustment for a distance limited only by the length of thehounds, as the slide 6 is made to play between the axle A and the pointof junction between the hounds.

It is also evident by this construction I avoid the objection that thereach is greatly weakened by the slot, as shown in my former patent, andI also utilize one of the collars in strengthening and securing thehounds.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- In combination with the axle A,stationary portion D, and hounds O (3, provided with the collar 0, thesliding portion E provided with the collar 6, all constructed to operateas and for the purpose described.

